I live in a city. There is only one cable provider (Comcast) on my street or DSL (slow). I get less than 1 gig, can't remember what we actually pay for. Doesn't matter, comcast wont fix it anyway. The article describes my experience pretty accurately.

Fiber isn't coming to my neighborhood due to geography (there is a small lake isolating my neighborhood from the existing networks).

Before I moved here we lived in an apartment with a choice between two cable internet providers.

Not everywhere in America is lucky to have options like yours.